Bottle-cleaning machine.



A. J. PETERSBN.

BOTTLE CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 001.11, 1910 Patented June 20, 1911.

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995,806, Patena June 2o, 1911.

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ADOLFJOHANNES PETERSEN, F BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNURy TO HOLSTEIN & KAP- /PERT MAVSCHINENFABRIK PHNIX G. lVI. `B. H., '0F`DORTMUNDGERMANY,. y

To all whom .tmy coi'wem.'

. Be it known that I, ADoLF-JorrANNns 'PnTnnsnN, a. subject of theGerman Emperor, and resident of Berlin, 1nn the Kingdom of Prussia, German' Emp'ire,rhave invented new .and useful Improvements in Bottle-Cleaning Machines, of which the following/isa full, clear, and exact specification'.

` My' invention relates to bottle cleaning machines and its object is to provide an'improved Construction of machines of this class wherein -the bottles are automatically v brushed internally rand externally and rinsed i' spindles are positioned ,above the inside scale, of part of' the machine, showing theof the improved machine, with parts omit" ted, others shown vbroken away and still others shown 1n elevation. Fig. 2 1s a plan withvp'arts omitted and others shown broken awayj such as the upper. or outside brushes. and their vspindles,which brushes and their rbrushes'and in the same vertical plane as the radial. arms or spokes of the rotary frame. Fig; 3 is sectional plan on the line II-H inFig. 1, with .parts omitted. Figs. 4 and 5 Aareside views, drawn to a larger .bottle carriers andparts coperating therewith in different loperative positions. Fig'. (l 1S a sectional vlew on the line -VI-Vl in:

Fig. 4 as Vseen from the right in that! figure. 'In thepreferred construction illustrated 'the radial `arms orfvspokesfa of a rotai-y' lframe or spider adapte'd to be .rotated in a horizontal plane`,`vsuppo`rt,carriers c. for the bottles d to be cleaned tand rinsed, said BOTTLE-CLEANING MACHINE.

l Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 111e Application led October 11,Y 1910. vSerial No. 586,431. i

carriers being mounted to slide onlthe said arms a.. The centerA portion ofthe frame or spider Z) is in the form of closed casing e, and two series of brush spindles, f, f eX- partof its length, providedwith a brush. The brushes of the upper spindles. f constitute the outside brushes, and the brushes of the lower spindles f", the inside brushes.

radial direction, while a pair oflower brush spindles f extends'below each ofthe upper brush spindles, parallell thereto. These rotated during' :the operation of the machine.

ytoward the center of the 'frame or spider b the bottles al resting on the said carriers are moved into operative engagement with the inside and outside brushes, so that the inside brushes osp'indles f1 will' enter the bottles through guide rings g, while each of the outside brushes will rotate in contact with the the bottles on the carriers between the points tates, the carriers when* passing between these points resting near the periphery of the frame or spider As the latter rotates .farther in the direction of the arrow the car- `rierswith the bottles thereon will, inpassing thepoint 2, be gradually moved toward the center of the frame or spider into engagethe points 2 and 3, a Vjet of water will be inrection toward the periphery of the trame or spider yand will then, on arriving at the `point 4f, betilted with their mouth downward into an approximately vertical position, as shown on t-he' 1 ight hand side in Fig;

tend substantially' radially outward from` sald casing. Each brush spindle is, `for a By a sliding movement of the carriers cA bottles from without. The operator places 1 and 2 .(Fig. 2) as the "frame or spider ro' jected into said bottle from one of the `nofz- `zles It. As the carriers c, with th'ebottles rest-ing thereon, pass the point 3 theywill be moved away from the brushes in the di` l and iii Fig'.4 5. `While restingin this posi- The-upper brush spindles f all extend in a brushes' and their spindles are continuously f ment with the brushes, to bev acted upon by the latter, and as the bottle travels between l will enter the bot-tles on their way between points 4 and 5, thereby causing the bottles to e rinsed so that anybristles and other particles may be removed therefrom. -After the carriers and their bottles have passed the point 5 the will resume their horizontal position, sot at the bottles may then be taken oli' their carriers between the points 5 and 1 in a completely clean condition.

The tllting of the carriers and bottles into the approximately.vertical position may be etle'ctedeither through the action of the gravity of the carrier and bottles or, preferably as shown in the drawings, by special means provided for the purpose.

' The frame or spider b with its casing e and the parts provided thereon loosely surround the upright shaft z' and are rotated' from a crank shaft lc by the intermediation of a gear k1 mounted at the upper end of the said crank shaft and meshing with the toothed rim k2 provided on the bottom portion of the casing e. To this end the said easing is mounted to freely rotateon the standard m. Any suitable means may be provided for transmittin rotary movement to the crank shaft c. n the construction shown these means Aconsist in a main or driving shaft m1 and a conical gear m2 thereon which meshes with another conical gear m3 loosely surrounding the shaft i and carrying on its hub portion a gear m4 which meshes with a larger gear m5 keyed to the crank shaft la.

The means for .rotating the brush spindles f and f1 are as follows: To the upper end of the vertical shaft z', which extends into the casing c, is keyed a conical gear 1 which meshes with smaller conical gears 'i2 provided on the upper brush spindles f. Each of the said upper brush spindles rotated thereby imparts rotary movement to two lower brush spindles f1 through a gear 3 on f engaging with the gears i* of two lower brush spindles.

-The arrangement for imparting radial sliding movement Lto the bottle Acarriers on theframe or spider is best shown in Figs. 1 and 3. To the crank n of the crank shaft 7c are linked with their ends two connecting rods al and a, having their other ends connected with cross heads n3 and at which slide on guide rods as. Upper extensions o1 and 02 of the said cross heads are provided with arms o and 04, respectively, which are curved so as to extend parallel with the periphery of the frame or spider Z), the said arms servingto act on the bottle carriers 'and other coperating parts in a manner to be hereinafter described.

The construction and ar ngement of the bottle carriers and coperating parts are best to be seen in Figs. 4, 5 and 6. In these figures, the' same as in Fig. 2, the upper or outside brushes f are omitted, as their arrangement is fully clear vfrom Figrl. the construction shown the bottle carriers c are arranged to carry two bottles each. Each carrier vconsists of a slide c1 movably mounted on two superimposed radial arms' into the position shown inl Fig. 5 and on theA right hand side of Fig. 1. An upper eX- tension of each carrier arm 02 is provided with a guide ring g to receive the head of the bottle and to guide the corresponding inside brush f1 into the bottle.. The body portions of the bottles rest on rubber rollers c, c5 and c provided on arched tail portions which connect the carrier arms c2 of each pair near their fulcrumed ends as shown in Fig. 6, so that the bottles may be free vto rotate under the frictional engagement of the brushes in contact therewith. Near the bottom ends o'f each pair of bottles resting on the carriers, and slidably mounted on the radial arms a and al of the frame or'spider b', is mounted ,a slide 77, each having an upper extension carrying two bottom brushes p1 for the two bottles in each carrier. The operator having placed two bottles on the carrier moves the slide p forward, untilthe two bottom brushes thereon are in contact with the bottoms of the bottles as shown in Fig. 4.' It will thus be seen lthat bottles of any length desired may -be placed on the carriers and the bottom brushes be brought in engagement therewith. Thecarrier slide 61 is provided with aV roller c7 below. A

.similar .roller p2 is provided on each slide The said rollers 7) of the bottom brushes. are acted upon by the arms o* and o3 of the cross heads nj* 'and n, respectively, to thereby slide the bottle carriers into and out of engagement with the inside and outside brushes. lVhen a carrier, after having had two bottles placed thereon between the points 1 and 2 in Fig. 2, is carried around in the rotary movement of the frame o1' spider in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. Q, the cross head arm o will act on the roller 7) of the bottom brush slide p to draw the samev toward the center of the` frame or brushes p pressing on the bottles d, cause the latter and its carrier c to be moved for,-

ward as well, Aso thattwo of the inside 995,806 i sa.

brushes f1 will enter the respective two bottles'by way of the "corresponding guide rings g. In the continuedirotary movement -of thev ,frame or spider the cross head arm y latter as :Well as the 40t will then, on its part, act on the roller G7 of the .bottle carrier, thereby returning the slide p of the bottom brushes to the' peripheral position on the frame or spider.

ln ,the yconstruction shown the arrangement yfor positively tilting the bottle cai'- i'iers and'bottles into the position shown in Fig. 5;an'd on'the right hand side of Fig.` 1

from the position .shown in Fig. 4@ is as follows: The joint pin g common to ea'ch pair of arms c? of the bottle 'carriers c is provided at one end with a block -or square gf adapted to bebrought into engagement with a groove rlyin'a segmenti r which is fulorumed to a suitable-` portion ofthe 4frame yor spider b in such position that, upon the bottle carrier' beingr moved away from the brushes, the said groove of the segment Will be presented for engagement with they block or square Q1. The said segment is formed with 'suitableteethfor engagement with a worm r2 provided at or near the upper end of the shaft r3, vwhich is suitably journaled in the frame-or s ider b, and near the other end of the sha t r3 is provided a star wheel rt.

lathe-rotary movementV of the frame or i spider the said star Wheel Will, in the first `imparted to the shaft 13 ,and its w'oi'ni rtf, will turnfthe segment r as well as the block place7 engage'with a rack s mounted on a Vstationary part of the machine and will thereby be rotated. The rotation thereby or square g1 engaged in the groove#q1 of the segment, thereby turning the-joint pin g and'its movable carrier arm c2, as well as t thebottles resting thereon, into such a position that the said carrier arm) and its bottles willl be tilted into the position shown in 'Fig 5. In the continued rotation of the frame orspider b the star Wheel r* ,Will then eiigagewith another rack s1, but on the other side thereof, thereby causing the Worm r2 to be rotated in the opposite direction, so .that the bottle carrier and the bottles thereon will bereturned to the horizontal position and remain in this position, so that. the

bottles, on arriving between thepoints and l inFig. 2, maybe removed `by the' The water'for 'rinsing may beisupplied ^from any suitable Vsource by way of the pipes't; and 't1 which arecoii'nectedto corresponding passages provided'in a conical part" t3 o'fthe'machineukzspring t* acts to hold this conical .part "continually pressed into engagement with the bottom surface of the lcenter portionu` of the easing e, from which surface passages and u2 4extend lto tlienozzles lil and. k, respectively.- The passage u1 ltively communicates with. the hollovi7 upper guide rod a, which thus forms part of the water conduit and is connected at its other end to a pipe c3 to the outer' end` of which is attached the nozzle tl.

W'hat-I claim is y 1. In a bottle cleaning machine the combination, with a frame and means for rotating the same in a `horizontal plane, of posirotated brushes extending substantially radially. outward on said frame, bottle carriersmounted to-slide radially on said frame into and out of operative engage ment With said brushes, means for supporti ingl said bottle carriers 'in a substantially horizontal position `in part of their sliding movement and permitting them to be tem- I porarily tilted into a substantially vertical discharge positionfin another part of theii sliding movement during each rotation of,

biiiation, with a. frame and means for rotating the saine in' a horizontal plane, of rotary brushes extending substantially radially outward on Said frame, bottle carriers ,mounted to slide radially on said frame into and out of operative engagement with said brushes, means for supporting said bottle carriers in a substantially' horizontal position in part of their sliding movement and allowing them to be temporarily tilted into a substantially vertical position in another part of their sliding movement during each rotation of Jthe frame, Water jets for injectving' Water into the bottles on their carriers in the horizontal and tilted ,positions of the carriers, means for -rotatingHthe brushes,l

means for imparting reciprocating sliding movement to the bottle carriers, and water supply conduits vfor feeding the jets,fsub stantially as described. j

3. In a bottle cleaning machine lthe combination, with a frame and means for rotating the saine in a horizontal plane, of rotary brushes extending substantially radially outbottlecarriers mounted Ward on said frame, toslide radially on said frame into and out ofA operative engagement with said brushes, means for supportiiiglsaid bottle carriers in a substantially Ihorizontal position inpart 'of their sliding movement, means for posiiio tively tiltingithe carriers into a substantially y vertical position in part of the rotary movement of the frame and for positively 'returning'them to a substantially, horizontal position in another part of the rotary movement of the frame, Water jets for supplying Water to the bottles on theirI carriers in the horizontal and tilted positions of the carriers,

means for rotating the brushes, means for imparting reciprocating sliding movement to the bottle carriers, and water supply conduits for feeding the jets, substantially as described.

4. In a bottle cleaning machine the combination, with a Frame and means for rotating the same in a horizontal plane, of rotary outside brushes extending radially outward on said frame, rotary inside brushes extending in pairs beloii7 each of the outside brushes and parallel thereto, bottle carriers mounted to slide radially on said frame into and out of operative engagement with said brushes and each having a pair of movable arms for supporting a pair of bottles in alinement wit-li the corresponding pairs of I@'inside brushes, means ffor supporting said 2o' carrier arms in a substantially horizontal position in part of the sliding movement, means for positively tilting the carriers into a substantially vertical position in part of the rotary movement of the frame and for positively returning them into a substaiitially horizontal position in another pait of the rotary 'movement of the frame, water jets for injecting water into the bottles in their horizontal and tilted positions, means for rotating the brushes, means for imparting reciprocating sliding movement to the bottle carriers, and water supply conduits for feeding the jets, substantially as described. l

5. In a bottle cleaning machine the combination,witli a frame and means for rotating the same in a horizontal plane, of rotary outside brushes extending radially outward on said frame, 'rotary inside brushes extending in pairs below each of the outside brushes and parallel thereto, bottle carriers each mounted to slide on two parallel radial arms on said frame into-and out of operative engagement with said brushes, each carrier consisting of a slide embracing the said two radial arms and of a pair of movable arms fulcrumed thereto for supporting a pair of bottles iii alinement with the corresponding pairs of inside brushes, means for supporting said carrier ai'ms'in a substantially horizontal position in part of the 'sliding movement, other slides movable on the same ypairs of radial arms and carrying pairs of bottom brushes in alinement with the bottles on said carrier arms, means acting oii the said bottom biusli slides for moving them wliiicin engagement with the bottles toward the renter of the said frame dining part of the rotary movement thereof, means acting on the bottle carrier slides for moving them together with the other slides toward the circumference of the frame during another part of its rotary movement, means for positively tilting the carrier arms in part of the rotary movement of the frame and for positively returning them into a substantially horizontal position in another y sliding movement to the bottle carriers, and

water supply conduits for feeding the jets, substantially as described.

6. In a bottle cleaning machine the combination, with a frame and means for rotating the same in a horizontal plane, of rotary outside brushes extending radially outward on said frame, rotary inside brushes extending in pairs below each of the outside brushes and parallel thereto, bottle carriers each mounted to slide on two parallel radial arms on said frame into and out of operative engagement with said brushes, each carrier consisting of a slide guided on said two radial arms and4 of a pair of movable arms Vfulcrumed thereto for supporting a pair of bottles in alinement with the corresponding pairs of inside brushes, means for supporting said carrier arms in a substantially horizontal position in part of the sliding movement, other slides movable on the same pairs of radial arms and carrying pairs of bottom brushes in alinement with the bottles on said carrier arms, two curved members extending parallel with the line of circular travel of the bottle-carrier slides and lower brush slides, respectively, for engagement therewith at opposite ends, driving mechanism for reciprocating said curved vmembers in a substantially radial direction, means for positively tilting the carrier arms into a substantially vertical position in part of the rotary movement of the frame and for positively returning them iiito a substantially horizontal position in another part of the carrier arfns in their horizontal and tilted positions, means for rotating the brushes,

means for imparting reciprocating sliding movement to the bottle carriers, and water supply conduits for feeding the 1jets, substantially as described.

7. In a bottle cleaning machine the comi bination, with a frame and means for rotating the same in a horizontal plane, of

rotary brushes extending substantially radially outward on said frame, bottle carriers mounted to slide radially'on said frame into and out of operative engagement with said bruslies\and embodying pivoted supporting arms for the bottles, engagement members projecting from the pivots of said supporting arms, other engagement members fulcrumed on a stationary part int-he ii'n'e-'of n radial outward slidingmovement of the i nienttherewith on alternating sides thereof in the rotary movement of the frame, Water tiret-named engagement members, shafts and Vmovement to the fulcrumed members by roshafts, stationary racks mounted in the line the brushes, and Water supply conduits for feeding the jets, substantially as described. In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my neme in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ADOLF JOHANNES PETERSEN. Witnesses:

HEN RY HASPER, VOLDEMAR HAUPTy gear mechanism for imparting turning tation of said shafts,star Wheels on said of movement of said star Wheels for engagejetsfor injecting Water. into the bottles in their different positions, means for rotating 

